BENES NETWORK HELP
The Benes Network was derived from the Clos Network by setting n = m = 2 and k = N/2, and recursively decomposing the two (N/2) X (N/2) switches. For example, to create an 8 X 8 Benes network, we first create an 8 X 8 Clos network consisting of four 2X2 switches in the first and last stages, and two 4X4 switches in the center stage. We connect one output of each first stage switch to an input of each center stage switch, and one input of each last stage switch to an output of each center stage switch. Then, we convert the 4X4 center stage switches to 4X4 Benes networks.